Roofing and siding for houses



C. J FAY.

ROOFING AND SIDING FOR HOUSES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, C. J. FAY, of Hammonton, in the county of Atlantic,and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Roofing andSiding or covering for buildings, cars, decks of vessels, awnings,carriages, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same.

Thepresent invention relates to the use of paper made of manilla, hemp,or grass, according to the process -a.nd mode described and embraced inthe specification accompanying the application for Letters Patent madeby '1. IRVING, J. McNEIL, GEORGE W. RICH, and CYRUS J. F AY, asinventors, to the United States Patent Ofiice, for the purpose of aroofing and siding for buildings, and as a covering or roofingfor thetops and sides of cars, decksof vessels, and carriages, either upon theinside or outside of the same, o'r both, and for the purpose of awningsor shades, or for any other purpose where it is desired to render thesurface on which the said paper is used water-proof, or, in other words,impervious to moisture or the air; was, for instance,as a lining tosinks, tubs, and other receptacles for water'or other liquids which willnot' affect the texture of the said paper, or as a-carpet or coveringfor the floors of rooms, or as a substitute for the ordinary plasterceilings of rooms; the said paper, when used as a roofing or siding orcovering for buildings, Sta, being applied in an extremely novel and insuch a manner as will 'be presently explained,-that the nails, tacks, orother devices used as a means of fastening it thereto will not beexposed to the action of the atmospheric elements, but will becompletely covered or encased,as it were, by the paper itself, wherebytheir preservation is secured.

, In order to render the explanation of the mode of securing the paperabove referred to, to the sides and roofs of houses or other buildingsor other structures more intelligible and distinct, reference is had tothe accompanying plate of drawings, in which- I I .Figure 1 is a view ofone end of a house covered with the said paper according to the modewhich is to be hereinafter described.

Figure 2, a sectional detail view of a portion of the buildingillustrated in fig. 1, but on a somewhat enlarged scale; and

Figure 3, a surface view of the paper as prepared for being used as aroofing or siding to buildings. Similar letters of reference indicatelike parts.

' In the application and use of the paper, which is embraced in theapplication for Letters Patent hereinbefore referred to, to the roofsand sides of houses or other buildings, I deem it best, during theprocess of manufacture, to make or run it into strips or sheets, say ofahput three feet, more or less, in width, and of any desiredbutconvenient length for use; which, strips or sheets of 'paper I thencause, either while the paper is' being made or by passing it afterwardsthrough a separate machine suitable therefor, to be marked or creasedacross its width .and' at regular points of its length with parallellines in groups'of three each, with an inch or more or less spacebetweenthe several lines of each group of lines, and with aspace equalto the width of the siding desired; as, for instance, four or fiveinches, or more or less, between each and all the several groups oflines or creases, together with a series of dots or small spots, ortheir equivalents, in the space embraced. between every two of'the'lines or creases of each and all the. several groups of the same,corresponding in position with each other, throughout the whole lengthpf the paper sheet or strip; these dots being made at equal and reguvlair distances apart, or from each other, and being provided forindicating the points of the paper where the nails, tacks, or 'siinilarfastening devices should be inserted and driven through it when appliedto the roof or sides of a building in the manner to be niow explained.

To apply the paper sheets or stips prepared in the manner above statedto the sides and roofs of a house,

for-instance, I first cut the sand strips into such lengths aswillbesufiicient'for covering the entire length or' extent of surface towhich it is to be applied; when,-taking. one of such strips so cut-byone of its ends, I

secure it to theipoint or part of the outside of the house at which itis desired or deemed best to commence, by means of nails or o th ersimple fastening devices, which I drive through it at the points asdotted 0r spotted; after which I fold the paper along such one of itscreases or lines, of the group of lines in which such' dots or spots areindicated, and in such-a manner as to be over or cover theheads of thesaid nails, &c., when from h f ld d d I. ontinue to lay the paper uponthe surface which is to be covered by it until coming to the next groupof lines or creases. I then 'so fold such portioniof the paper as isembraced between the width of the several lines of such group, over andupon itself, as to bring the dotted space-of the said group over andupon the space notidotted, when, there securing the paper by drivingthrough it at the points indicated by the dots or spots, the fasteningtacks, &c., used, I proceed to again fold the paper over thelieads ofsuch tacks, and to lay and again fold it, and so on until the entirelength of the paper is exhausted 'er the whole extent of the surface iscovered by it in a similar manner to thatjust above described. To coverthe entire extent or surface of the sides or roof, or both, ofbuildings, it is only necessary to proceed in a similar manner to thatabove statedfor each successive sheet or strip of paper used, care beingtaken, of course, to nicelyjoint the several strips together at theirsides or ends, and-to cover them, as is 'now the case with the ordinarywooden siding, &c., by the usual trimming boards or strips applied tothe corners, &c., of houses and other buildings; these portions of theoperations being similar to that now in common use and practice in thecrectionof buildings that are covered with wooden siding, the, andtherefore needing no particular explanation herein, as it forms no partof the present invention.

Thus, from the above description, it is plainly obvious that by themanner of laying the paper the fastening nails used are entirely coveredor encased by the paper, and consequently are thereby protected from theaction of the atmospheric elements, the importance of which is obvious.I

"After a house has been roofed and sided with paper iu'the manner aboveexplained, paint, tar, or other suitable medium may be applied to thepaper to protect it or beautify its appearance, as in the case of theordi; nary wooden or other siding or roofin I I It is hardly necessaryfor me herein to specify any of the many advantages secured by myinvention, as, from the well-known property of paper as a non-conductorof heat and cold, it for that reason alone, if for no other, would bethe most desirable covering for the exterior of buildings, providedthepaper is rendered impenetrable or impervious to moisture and air; andas this property is secured inthe paper manufactured under and by themode or process hereinbefore referred to, it is plainly obvious thatthis difliculty heretofore in the way of the use of paper as a roofingor siding has been at last overcome; a result or desideratum of theutmost importance,

And in addition to the above it may be here observed that paper is oneof' the cheapest materials which can be used for roofing or siding orfor a covering to any surface; and thatrthe mode of applying it hereinabove particularly explained is not only in itself cheap, but simple,quick, eflicieut, and practical to the utmost degree or extent. H I

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentv The use of, andthe manner of applying, paper for roofing and clap-boarding,substantially as described.-

C. J. vFAY.

Witnesses:

Enwn. T. MCKEAN, Gnonen W" FAY.

